Margaret (Unknown) Sale (abt. 1609 - 1664)

Born about 1609 in England

Died 13 Jul 1664 at about age 55 in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony

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Margaret (Unknown) Sale migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Married in New England, about 1636 to Edward Sale Jr (1609-bef.1692). Their children, born in New England were:

1. Ephraim Sale (1638-1690), baptized at Hingham in May 1638
2. Obadiah Sale (1640-), baptized at Weymouth 26 July 1640
3. Rebecca (Searle) Ingraham (1642-1691), married at Boston 28 May 1662 to Jarrat Ingraham
4. Miriam (Sales) Carpenter (1646-1722), married at Rehoboth, 10 Feb. 1663-4 to William Carpenter^[1]
5. Nathaniel Sale (abt.1631-1714), died at Weymouth 14 Dec. 1714^[2]

Edward Sail's wife died on 13 July 1664, recorded in Rehoboth.^[3]

Adultery / Court Records

R. C. Anderson in his Great Migration quotes the following:

On 6 June 1637, "John Hathaway being accused of adultery with Margaret Seale, wife of Edward Seale, James Penn & Samuell Coles testified that he confessed it to them; so the grandjury found the bill of indictment to be true. Rob[e]rt Allen & Margaret Seale, being accused of adultery, confessed the fact; so the grandjury found the bill of indictment to be true."

Anderson continues with the following quote:

On 19 September 1637, "Margaret Seale, the wife of [blank] Seale, confessed adultery, & was found guilty."

Anderson's quote:

On 12 March 1637/8, it is "ordered, that the 3 adulterers, John Hathaway, Rob[e]rt Allen, & Margaret Seale, shall be severly whipped, & banished, never to return again, upon pain of death." On 30 March 1638, "Edward Seale of Marblehead [was bound in] twenty pounds for his wife's appearance when she shall be called for after her delivery.")^[4]

Note

I’m not sure what the source was for the full quote regarding adultery above, but it appears to come from Suffolk County Court Records. I found support online at least the first part of the quote in Records of the Court of Assistants ^[5] but not the full quote. This information is not present in Chamberlain’s “History of Weymouth” ^[6] as her husband’s profile suggests. Dane-173 15:03, 21 December 2017 (EST)

Sources

1. ↑ "Find a Grave", database with images, Find A Grave: Memorial #21483883 (accessed 5 March 2024), Memorial page for Miriam Sale Carpenter (1645-1 May 1722), citing Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642).
2. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. LXV, January 1911, #257; Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1911. pp. 63-75.
3. ↑ Arnold, James N., Vital record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896 : marriages, intentions, births, deaths :... ( Providence, R.I. : Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1897)Vol. I, p. 874"SAILS, ____, wife of Edward, July 13, 1664"
4. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, p. 143. by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. Featured Name: Edward Sale.
5. ↑ Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692; County of Suffolk, 1904; page 204
6. ↑ History of Weymouth, Volume 4, page 607; George Walter Chamberlain, Channing Harris Cox; Wright and Potter Printing Company, 1923

See also:

• Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, p. 143. by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. Featured Name: Edward Sale.subscription site
• The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols.,p. 31. 1995). Featured name: Robert Allen.subscription site